Game Information
Score: Keiser 12, Ave Maria 10 (Game One) | Game Two Postponed Due to Darkness
Records: No. 15 Keiser (14-4, 7-1 TSC), Ave Maria (7-10, 1-7 TSC)
Series: 2-0, Keiser
Location: West Palm Beach, Fla.
Duration of Game: 3:05 | N/A
Weather: 80, mostly sunny
                                                             
Game One
Keiser Highlights

• Shane Olive and Dylan Dore had standout games in game one of Saturday's doubleheader, combining for six hits with three apiece.
• Olive finished the contest with four RBIs while Tyler Goff registered three runs batted in to finish second on the squad.
• The Seahawks used five pitchers to down the Gyrenes in game one with Jeremy Graf earning his first win of the season after pitching one and one-thirds innings, surrendering two hits and one earned run.
• Connor Morrison earned his second save of the season, closing the door on Ave Maria in the top of the ninth, pitching one complete inning and registering one strikeout.

 
Turning Point
Keiser's six-run eighth inning proved to be the difference maker in game one. The Seahawks entered the inning ahead 6-5 and put up a six-spot to take the 12-5 advantage. Keiser needed the insurance runs as Ave Maria scored five in the top of the ninth to cut the Seahawks advantage to just two.
 
How it Happened

• The Gyrenes took the early lead for the second consecutive game, this time in the first inning when Rico Soto belted a two-run shot with one out.
• The Seahawks bounced back in the bottom of the third when Tyler Goff drilled a two-run shot of his own with no outs to even the contest at two apiece.
• Keiser had a chance to add to its lead with runners on the corners and two outs, but Tivon Faneyte harmlessly flew out to center field to end the threat.
• The Gyrenes reclaimed the lead in the top of the fourth as Ryan Keegan cranked a one-out solo shot to left field for the 3-2 advantage.
• The Seahawks rallied to retake the lead in the bottom of the fourth, scoring three runs on two hits and two Ave Maria errors.
• The tying run came off the bat of Shane Olive as the redshirt sophomore singled to left center, bringing home Brad Myott from second.
• Goff then gave the Seahawks the 4-3 lead, lifting a sacrifice fly to left field to bring Jack Curtis home from third.
• The final Keiser run of the inning came with two outs when Dylan Dore reached on a throwing error, bringing home Reyni Olivero who was in to pinch run for Olive.
• Ave Maria cut the Keiser lead in half when Andy Hernandez singled through the left side of the infield, bringing in Soto for the Gyrenes' fourth run of the contest.
• The Gyrenes then tied the contest at five apiece in the top half of the seventh as Justin Hartshorne roped a two-out single up the middle to bring home Matt Wiles.
• Keiser quickly reestablished the lead in the bottom half of the seventh inning when Zach Saldivar scored from third on a wild pitch, giving the Seahawks the 6-5 lead.
• The two squads scored 11 combined runs in the bottom half of the eighth and top half of the ninth inning as both teams' bats came to life.
• Keiser scored six runs in the bottom half of the eighth inning on five hits to break the game wide open.
• The first run came off the bat of CJ Fitzpatrick who reached on a fielder's choice with a bunt RBI to bring Prospero home from third.
• Jack Curtis plated the second run of the inning with a two-out single and the bases loaded, bringing home Dore from third.
• With the bases still juiced, Olive emptied the diamond with a double to deep left field to give Keiser the 11-5 lead.
• The final Seahawk run of the game came off the bat of Dore who singled through the left side of the infield to bring in Casanueva for the 12-5 lead.
• The game looked to be over until Ave Maria loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the ninth inning.
• After Hartshorne drew the bases-loaded walk, Cook uncorked a grand slam to empty the bases and cut the Seahawks' lead to just 12-10 with still nobody out.
• Morrison then came in for the save and recorded three outs in four batters faced, preserving the two-run victory for the Seahawks.

 
Game Two
Game two was postponed due to darkness in the seventh inning tied at 10-10.
 
Up Next
The Seahawks will take the week off, returning to action on March 4 when Keiser welcomes Davenport into town for a three-game series beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday at noon.